Isaiah 3:9

The look of their faces testify against them. 2 They parade their habitual sin ·missing the mark· like Sodom [Burning]. 2 They don’t hide it. 2 Woe to their soul! 2 For they have brought disaster upon themselves. 1

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In The King James Version

The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

In Context

8For Jerusalem [City of peace] is ruined, and Judah [Praised] is fallen; 2 because their tongue and their doings are against Adonai, 1 to provoke the eyes of his kavod ·weighty glory·. 1

10Tell the upright “Good!” 2 For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 13:13Now the men of Sodom [Burning] were exceedingly wicked and people who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal· against Adonai.

Genesis 19:5They called to Lot [Veil, Covering], and said to him, “Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them.”

Psalms 10:4The wicked, in the pride of his face, 2 has no room in his thoughts for God. 1

Proverbs 8:36But he who sins ·errs (the standard goal)· against me wrongs his own soul. 2 All those who hate me 'ahav ·affectionately love· death.”

Isaiah 3:16Moreover Adonai said, “Because the daughters of Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking] are haughty, 2 and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, 2 walking to trip as they go, 2 jingling ornaments on their feet; 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 3:2-9

Judgments Denounced. ( b. c. 758.) 1 For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, 3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. 5 And the people… Read the whole commentary →

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